The Devil's Kettle is located in Judge C. R. Magney State Park along the north shore of Lake Superior. The falls along the Brule River has geological interest because it splits into two, half of it going over a 50 foot waterfalls and flowing into Lake Superior. The other half disappears into a pot hole. The outlet of this part of the river has never been discovered. Because the flow of the pothole is conducted away laterally, there is no satisfactory explanation for how it was formed.

yes, that is what is seems to do. There is a theory that there is a fault line that the water runs through on its way to the lake, but it is only a theory, somehow, from what I can understand is seems to run away to the side, rather than down. But perhaps I have misread. There is some good information about it on line if you have a desire to read about it.

i just love how everything works here: The forest isn't too dark, the sky isn't blown out, the composition is balanced. And then you have a lot of detail/great depth of field, but the effect isn't overwhelming, but inviting. And the fluidity... I mean, you're a total pro, I know, so the technical bit shouldn't be surprising; so, maybe it's the way I feel like there's more in this picture than is visible. Do you know what I mean? There's something beyond the waterfall, behind the forest; maybe it's a story, or a person, or another waterfall. It's not that the photograph feels unfinished or unedited; but, rather that, even with (or maybe because of) all this precision and planning and framing and documenting, there's still more over the horizon that didn't need to be blurry or dark or desaturated to seem mysterious. Everything is in focus; and yet there's something back along that river, winding through the trees; and I can't stop wondering what it is.

I do not often get comments of such detail. I am happy not only because you like the picture but also because you are able to see and identify the very elements that I work had to achieve. In scene like this where the dynamic range is so large it is very difficult to maintain detail across the range. Because of that, I have over time developed a way of exposing and processing images like this to give high detail but without the negative effects of most HDR processing.

The curiosity that you speak of is a technique that I teach in my classes. I do not always successfully employ it of course, but in this image it seems to have worked for yourself. I appreciate that.

The river itself has multiple falls and rapids and is really quite a beautiful hike.

Thank you again for your kind words, and you visit. I hope you have a good day.

lol.... It was really hard, it balked at every setting but the one I used.

If you think that was out of form, I took one today like I have never done before. I used a surefire flashlight with a single LED as the light source. Two layered exposures were used for the final print.

Beautiful waterfall, I can definitely see why this is a point of interest! It's great that you were able to get such a nice topside and centered view of it, it almost looks like gravity is being tricked. I wonder what it's look like from underneath? Great work!